| 单词 | dead hand of the past |
| 释义 | dead hand of the past (once / 695254 pages) n WORD FAMILY dead hand of the past USAGE EXAMPLESThey didn’t mean for the dead hand of the past to block necessary progress. Slate(May 05, 2014) What’s less obvious is how I represent the increasingly heavy, dead hand of the past. Slate(Oct 24, 2013) There are signs at the present moment that China is awakening and that the dead hand of the past is being lifted. Macgowan, J. (John), Sidelights on Chinese Life(2012) n the oppressive influence of past events or decisions Syn|Hyper dead hand, mortmain influence a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc |
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